Daughter

And Princess Kira wasn't alone in this thought.

Ada, standing just behind her, couldn't help but think how lucky they were to even be in this position.

Not the part where they might very well get dragged back home in shame at any moment—no, that was still very much on the table—but the part where everyone else in the room was far too bewitched by the precious goods before them to think of anything else.

It was the kind of temptation that came in every size, every flavor, and every impossible price point.

And everything had been going so well.

Until that noble opened his mouth to doom them all.

He definitely deserved a slap upside the head.

See, the cooking lessons were doing wonders not only for everyone's morale but also serving as a great distraction.